Emerald Insight | Program: electronic library and information systems | Exploring research data in Indian institutional repositories
abernard102@gmail.com 2014-05-16
Summary:
Use the link to access pay-per-view options for the article published in Program: electronic library and information systems available from Emerald. The abstract reads as follows: "Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore various types of research materials in Indian institutional repositories.
Design/methodology/approach – The repositories are identified from the Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR). The repository sites were visited to collect the data necessary for the study.
Findings – The present study reveals that barring a few repositories the collections of most of the repositories are very low. The percentage of archived materials is high for journal papers, and moderate for conference papers/thesis. However it is very low for preprints/working papers, teaching resources and patents.
Originality/value – The study provides an overview of archived material in institutional repositories in India."